Vanessa Trump Wore $12,500 Ivanka Trump Earrings on Inauguration Day

On Inauguration Day, Vanessa Trump attended her father-in-law’s swearing-in ceremony wearing a burgundy coat with a cowl collar. She paired the belted wool jacket with a black dress, open-toe stilettos, and a white clutch.

Donald Trump Jr.’s wife accessorized with pearl and diamond dangly earrings that just so happen to be from Ivanka Trump’s fine jewelry company — and cost $12,500. The tassel seed and pearl earrings, according to the product description, are made with 18K white gold, 2.08 total carat weight in diamonds, and 56.11 total carat weight of pearls.

As she explains to Yahoo Style, “Conflict of interest laws do not bar a president or his family from involving themselves in endeavors that could boost their private companies’s profitability or level of exposure. Does it stand to look bad? Yes. But is it illegal? No.”

During the presidential campaign, Ivanka regularly wore dresses from her own label. At the Republican National Convention in July, she addressed the delegates wearing a pale pink dress that retailed for $158 from her namesake brand — which promptly tweeted out the details of the look, complete with links on where to buy it. The dress sold out immediately.

As she prepared to move to Washington, D.C., where her husband, Jared Kushner, will have an advisory role in the Trump administration, Ivanka made efforts to separate herself from her namesake brands. Earlier in the month she shared on Facebook that she’d be taking a formal leave of absence from her roles at her eponymous companies as well as the Trump Organization as soon as her father took office. As for President Donald Trump, he has similarly taken steps to mitigate his conflicts of interest.

Yet, while wearing expensive earrings from your sister-in-law might be perfect legal (although, according to Zerbo, if the jewelry was gifted or lent to Vanessa or she was given some other form of compensation to specifically promote or endorse the earrings, then the Federal Trade Commission Act might come into play), Zerbo notes that “there are certainly ethical implications that come with the Trumps wearing Trump-related products, particularly if it is done for the sole purpose of boosting awareness around the brand and its goods.”

Yahoo Style has reached out to Ivanka Trump Fine Jewelry for comment and will update if we hear back.